Carmel Beach surf break

Carmel Beach surfForecast / CAL – Monterey / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Thursday 26 Mar 2026 PDT
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Carmel Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Carmel Beach sea temperature is
13.4° C
(Which is 1.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Carmel Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Carmel Beach at 2PM is: 2.5m 10s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.5m 15s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am March 26). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Mar)8ft (2.5m)10s
Afternoon (26 Mar)8ft (2.4m)10s
Evening (26 Mar)7ft (2.2m)10s

Table - waves today at Carmel Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sun
29
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
1
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
3
3
2
2
3
1
2
3
3
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
WNW
2.5
NW
2.5
NW
2.3
NW
2.2
NW
2.1
NW
1.9
NW
1.8
NW
1.9
NW
1.9
NW
1.7
NW
1.6
NW
1.4
NW
1.4
NW
1.4
NW
1.4
NW
1.2
NW
1.4
NW
1.4
NW
1.4
NW
1.3
NW
1.3
NW
1.1
NW
1.1
NW
Period(s) (?)101010101010101011111110101010101010111111111010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)12811249127411021006866678650762777652520416363356356281428445408361361281260
Wind
(km/h)
15
N
15
N
20
NNW
15
NNW
10
N
10
NE
10
NNE
10
NE
5
ENE
0
NNE
10
WSW
10
WSW
5
SW
0
N
0
ENE
5
SSW
0
E
5
WNW
10
WNW
10
NW
5
NW
5
NNE
5
N
10
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglassglassoncross-
on
glasscross-
off
crosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:04PM
1.07
6:06AM
1.48
8:43PM
1.15
7:19AM
1.47
9:16PM
1.23
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:43PM
-0.17
12:12AM
0.85
1:42PM
-0.20
1:31AM
0.71
2:31PM
-0.19
2:32AM
0.55
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sun
29
Sunrise7:01-------7:01-------7:00-------
Sunset---7:23-------7:24-------7:25----
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C101315161618181819201916151514141415151413131414
Feels °C (?)71011131415151516191714141514131314131312111311
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